Morning journal and courier., 1887-01-25
News by Telegraph
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
THE SCALES OF JUSTICE
Must be Lifted For Our
Fishermen
OR REPRISALS WILL ENSUE.
The Fisheries Bill Passes
The Senate.
A BOILER BATTERY BLOWN UP.
Title Smiths Murderer
Must Hang.
| BOILER BATTERY BLOWN UP.
JUSTICE OR RETALIATION.

American Fishermen Must Get Their
Rights In Canadian Waters OR Re-
prisaIs will be Made-The Fisheries
Bill Goes Through the Senate.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24-The full text of
the fisheries bill as it passed the Senate to-
day is as follows:
A bill to authorize the President of the
United States to protect and defend the
rights of American fishing vessels, American
fishermen, American trading and other YES
sells in certain cases and for other purposes.
Be it enacted, etc., etc.
That whenever the President of the United
States shall be satisfied that American fish
ing vessels or American fishermen visiting or
being in the waters or at any ports or places
of the British dominions of North America
are or then lately have been denied or abridg-
ed in the enjoyment of any RICH ts secured to
them by treaty or law, or are or then lately
have been unjustly vexed or harassed in the
employment of such rights or subjected
to unreasonable restrictions, regulations or
requirements in respect of such rights; or
whenever the President of the United States
shall be satisfied that any such fishing vessels
or fss having ing permit s sndsr
to touch and trade at any port
or ports, place or places in the
British dominions of North America, are
or then lately have been denied the privilege
the same manner and under the same regula-
tions as may exist therein applicable to trad
ing vessels of the most favored nation, OF
shall be unjustly vexed or harassed in respect
thereof or shall be prevented from purchasing
such supplies as may there be lawfully sold
to trading vessels of the most favored nation;
or whenever the President of the United
States shall be satisfied that any other YES
sells of the United States, their masters or
crews SO arriving at or being in such British
waters or ports or places of the British do
minions of North Americe are or then lately
have been denied any of the privileges there
in accorded to the vessels, their mas
tiers or crews of the most favored
nation or unjustly vexed or harassed in re-
spect of the same, then and in either or all of
such cases it shall be lawful and it shall be
the duty of the President of the United
States in his discretion, by proclamation to
that effect, to deny vessels, their masters and
crews of the British dominions of North
America any entrance into the waters, ports
or places of OF within the United States with
such exceptions in regard to vessels in dis
tress, stress of weather needing supplies as
to the President shall seem proper whether
such vessels shall have come directly from
said dominions in such destined voyage or by
way of some port or place in such destined
voyage elsewhere; and also, if he thinks
proper, to deny entry into any port or place
of the United States of fresh fish salt fish
or any other product of said dominions or
other goods coming from said dominions to
the United States. The President may in
his discretion apply such proclamation to
any part or to all of the foregoing named
subjects and may qualify, limit and renew
such proclamation from time to time as he
may deem necessary to the full and just exc
cution of the purposes of this act
Every violation of any such proclamation
or any part thereof is hereby declared illegal
and all vessels and goods SO coming or being
within the waters, ports, or places of the
United States contrary to such proclamation
shall be forfeited to the United States, and
such forfeiture shall be enforced and
proceeded upon in the same
manner and with the same effect
as in the cases of vessels or goods
whose importation or coming to or being in
the water or ports of the United States con-
trary to law may now be enforced and pro-
ceeded upon.
Every person who shall violate any of the
provisions of this act, or such proclamation
of the President made in pursuance hereof,
shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor.
and on conviction thereof shall be punished
by fine not exceeding 81 900 or by impris-
onment for a term not exceeding two years,
or by both said punishments in the discre-
ton of the court